HOSTAGE Emily Hand should have been at home celebrating her ninth birthday today — instead she is trapped in a terror tunnel by Hamas captors.
Emily was snatched from a sleepover at a pal’s — one of 240 taken in October 7 raids.
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Her family initially believed she was among the 1,200 killed but later found out she is in the 311-mile labyrinth of the “Metro Gaza”.
Fighting back tears, dad Tom, 63, said: “We will only celebrate when she gets home.
“Then we will throw a massive party with presents and balloons and a cake with all her friends invited.”
And in a message to her captors he said: “They are not soldiers. They are just children. Please let them go.”
Ex-telecoms engineer Tom travelled to Israel 30 years ago to volunteer on a kibbutz near the Gaza border.
He married local woman Narkis and had two children Aiden, 29, and Natali, 26, before the couple split.
Tom then had Emily with another partner who died of…
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